Database Engineer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Database Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Database Engineer daily rate in Reading is £320, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Database Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £310 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 - -
75th Percentile £330 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £320 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 829 718 1,084
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.17% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 412 662
10th Percentile £305 £310 £213
25th Percentile £413 £412 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -3.30%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £614
90th Percentile £671 £669 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 2 39
10th Percentile £29.63 £63.14 £20.17
25th Percentile £80.00 £65.48 £52.08
Median hourly rate £83.00 £70.17 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% +13.91% -5.23%
75th Percentile £96.88 £74.07 £67.50
90th Percentile £107.00 £75.94 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +32.53% +5.48% -9.86%

Database Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Database Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Database Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Database Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Database Engineer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Database Engineer job vacancies in Reading

Database Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 22 February 2026, Database Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Database Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Korn
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Unix

Database Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Advertising
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Korn
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
Database Engineer jobs